N.B.1. Settings and format may be subject to change if necessary for the efficiency of the tournament.N.B.2. Although this will be avoided at all costs, if the tournament takes more than 4 hours, the final may be played as a casual game.

1. Players must respond to game invitation PMs within 5 minutes to avoid disappointment. Some first round games may start up to 20 minutes early as a result. If players fail to respond quickly enough they may lose their place in the tournament (and be replaced by a reserve, or player eliminated in the previous round).*

2. Players must be patient whilst waiting for games to start. It may even be necessary for the TOs to re-create games on occassion. If players drop a game (deliberately or accidentally) whilst waiting for it to start they may lose their place in the tournament.*

3. Truces are not allowed. Players may advise one another but if a truce is agreed (providing players concerned with a greater chance of progressing) the players concerned will be ejected from the tournament.

4. Players must not divulge details of opponents location in fog games. Players can however refer to information provided in the game log. If fog information is divulged then the player(s) concerned will be ejected from the tournament

These rules will be strictly enforced for the benefit of the tournament given the Tournament Organiser's need to fill games and get them started quickly at the start of each round.[/list]

(* This is to avoid the problem of a player not joining a game he is invited to, or dropping out after joining).

If less then 30 players start the tournament then we will revert to one of the following formats. In each case, if the first 3 rounds are completed in less than 2.5 hours then an additional round will be added.